A new season of Guy’s Grocery Games premieres Sunday, May 11 at 8|7c, and to get fans excited, Guy’s showing everyone the new digs. That’s right: This season, Flavortown Market moves to Guy’s hometown, Santa Rosa, Calif.

“First and foremost, this set — Flavortown Market — will knock your socks off. It has the most-eclectic and most-international profile of ingredients available,” Guy tells FN Dish. “When you use the term ‘super’ in ‘supermarket,’ that’s what this set is — it’s truly defining in all shapes and sizes. The aisles are wider, the lighting is better, so it makes it easier for the chefs to shop and see what’s on the shelves. Going along with the shelves, the culinary team has stocked and set them up so they’re far more shopper friendly. There are a lot of great markets around the country, but I wish Flavortown Market really existed.”

Tour the new Flavortown Market before the start of the new season by clicking the play button above.

If you’re heading to Louisville this weekend for the Kentucky Derby, look no further for food-and-drink recs. The most-recent Food Network Star winner, Louisville resident Damaris Phillips, recently took Food Network on a tour of her hometown favorites, including picks for breakfast, dessert and refreshing libations. Click play on the video above and be prepared to salivate.

Just in time for warmer weather and grilling season, Guy’s taking fans outdoors and sharing recipes for meals, drinks, holidays and bashes with his new cookbook, Guy on Fire.

Guy shares his favorite tips, techniques and recipes for outdoor cooking year-round — whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue, relaxing around the campfire or tailgating on game day. Stuffed with original recipes and dozens of family photos, Guy on Fire has something for everyone: palate-pleasing appetizers, cool salads, main courses for meat, fish and poultry, and desserts. Are you a novice at the grill? He also provides tips on equipment, make-ahead plans and packing advice.

You can buy a copy of Guy on Fire here, or you can enter to win one for free from FN Dish. We’re giving five lucky, randomly selected readers each an autographed copy of Guy on Fire, and all you have to do to enter to win one is leave a comment below telling us your favorite Guy Fieri recipe (find them all here). You must include the recipe URL in your comment in order to be entered to win.

Guy’s bringing Flavortown Market back in an all-new season of Guy’s Grocery Games, premiering May 11 at 8|7c. Fans of the show will be excited to see returning judges Melissa d’Arabian, Richard Blais, Troy Johnson and Catherine McCord — as well as some new faces. But that’s not all. Guy’s challenging a brand-new roster of chefs on an all-new set. That’s right — this season, Flavortown Market moves to Guy’s hometown, Santa Rosa, Calif. FN Dish recently caught up with Guy on set and asked him what viewers can expect to see this season.

“First and foremost, this set — Flavortown Market — will knock your socks off. It has the most-eclectic and most-international profile of ingredients available,” Guy shares. “When you use the term ‘super’ in supermarket, that’s what this set is — it’s truly defining in all shapes and sizes. The aisles are wider, the lighting is better, so it makes it easier for the chefs to shop and see what’s on the shelves. Going along with the shelves, the culinary team has stocked and set them up so they’re far more shopper-friendly. There are a lot of great markets around the country, but I wish Flavortown Market really existed.”

So what can fans expect in Season 2? “I think the biggest difference is that competitors have seen the show, so they have insight into the mechanics of it. When chefs walked in the door the first season, you’d hear, ‘Well, now what do we do?’ But since most have seen the show, they understand how it progresses,” Guy explains. “I also think a bigger profile of chefs has been made available — so the competition is even more fierce.”

Amanda Rettke, FN Dish contributor and founder of the I Am Baker blog, is serving some of her most-beautiful confections yet in her first cookbook, Surprise-Inside Cakes. In Amanda’s book, there’s no such thing as an ordinary chocolate or vanilla cake with frosting (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Just like opening up a gift, the element of surprise is within each baked good, whether it be a heart, football, smiley face, stripe or house (yes, a house). Simply put, if you want to wow guests at your next gathering, make one of Amanda’s cakes.

What caught FN Dish’s eye? The entire book. Each page is more colorful than the one before, and there’s a surprise-inside design for every occasion: celebrating holidays, family, love and life events (like moving to a new home). Have a cake recipe you’ve perfected? Great. Because Amanda encourages using tried-and-true recipes, but she’s provided a few of her favorites too.

At first glance some of the cakes may seem like a challenge, but Amanda’s included step-by-step photos and instructions for each one. And be wise: Don’t start out with the most difficult design!

You can buy a copy of Surprise-Inside Cakes here, or you can enter to win one for free from FN Dish. We’re giving five lucky, randomly selected readers each a copy, and all you have to do to enter to win one is leave a comment below telling us your favorite Food Network cake recipe. You must include the recipe URL in your comment to be entered to win (find cake recipes here).

Sometimes looking through the fridge or pantry for last-minute dinner ideas can be daunting — almost like looking into a Chopped basket. Never again let the question, What’s for dinner? stump you. Here’s introducing The Chopped Cookbook, which features secrets for combining pantry staples to make exciting meals. Just as each basket on Chopped has many tasty possibilities, so too do the contents of your refrigerator. The creative forces in Food Network Kitchen have come up with more than 180 recipes to show readers and fans how to spin their favorite ingredients. From salad dressings and pan sauces to our market baskets that can go in many tasty directions to ideas for reinventing pasta dinners, mealtime victory is in sight for every night of the week.

To celebrate the launch of the cookbook, FoodNetwork.com is giving fans a sneak peek of the book by previewing a selection of the recipes. Click through the gallery here to get the recipes now.

You can buy a copy of The Chopped Cookbook here, or you can enter to win one for free from FN Dish. We’re giving five lucky, randomly selected readers each a copy of The Chopped Cookbook, and all you have to do to enter to win one is leave a comment below telling us your favorite recipe featured in The Chopped Cookbook preview (find them all here). You must include the recipe URL in your comment to be entered to win.

The question has been asked many times: What would you eat for your last meal? Food Network decided to ask some of the most-interesting people around the world this very query. If you really sit down and think about it, it’s not so easy to answer.

Click play on the video above to watch Aras Baskauskas, winner of Survivor: Panama and a contestant on Survivor: Blood vs. Water, tell Food Network about his choice for “one last bite on Earth” and the story behind it. Prepare to drool.

Let’s set the scene: utensils made from aluminum, no salt, missing ingredients and an evilicious grin to top it off. These are all the ingredients that make up Cutthroat Kitchen. Every Sunday night, Alton dishes out sabotages that can trip up even the best of chefs — but here’s the kicker: Alton truly enjoys watching the chefs distribute and overcome the obstacles that are thrown at them.

“I love seeing people play the game, so anything that accentuates that, I’m a fan of. I grew up loving game shows,” Alton recently told FN Dish on the set of his show. “The auctioning segments are my favorite part — I enjoy the strategies used by the chefs,” he continued saying.

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